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Perdue, Bev. Executive Order No. 010: Ethical Standards for the State Health Coordinating Council

BEVERlY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR THE STATE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) is a public advisory body
established by Executive Order No. J 39 (March 3, 2008) for the purpose of advising the
Governor on the statewide planning of health care facilities, equipment, and services provided
under the Certificate of Need Law; and
WHEREAS, the SHCC works with the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) to prepare and recommend the State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) to the Governor for
approval or amendment; and
WHEREAS, the advice and collective judgment of the SHCC has proven invaluable in
ensuring that quality health care services are made available broadly to all citizens of this State
regardless of whether they live in mral or urban areas, whether they have the means to pay for
those services or whether they are insured by public or private payors; and
WHEREAS, to provide the expertise necessary to perform its complex advisory
functions, the membership of the SHCC includes persons knowledgeable about healthcare
services and delivery including medical educators, researchers, physicians, and representatives of
professional associations: and
WHEREAS, because of the diversity the SHCC membership, conflicts between
competing economic interests are inherent in, but also beneficial to, the development of the
SMFP; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly has concluded that the State Govemment Ethics Act
does not cover public entities that only have advisory authority. and the State Ethics Commission
has determined that the SHCC only has advisory authority; and
WHEREAS, it is nevertheless important that the SHCC exercise its advisory
responsibilities in a transparent manner so that the Governor and citizens will have full
knowledge of the professional and economic interests that the members of the SHCC have as the

BEVERlY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR THE STATE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) is a public advisory body
established by Executive Order No. J 39 (March 3, 2008) for the purpose of advising the
Governor on the statewide planning of health care facilities, equipment, and services provided
under the Certificate of Need Law; and
WHEREAS, the SHCC works with the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) to prepare and recommend the State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) to the Governor for
approval or amendment; and
WHEREAS, the advice and collective judgment of the SHCC has proven invaluable in
ensuring that quality health care services are made available broadly to all citizens of this State
regardless of whether they live in mral or urban areas, whether they have the means to pay for
those services or whether they are insured by public or private payors; and
WHEREAS, to provide the expertise necessary to perform its complex advisory
functions, the membership of the SHCC includes persons knowledgeable about healthcare
services and delivery including medical educators, researchers, physicians, and representatives of
professional associations: and
WHEREAS, because of the diversity the SHCC membership, conflicts between
competing economic interests are inherent in, but also beneficial to, the development of the
SMFP; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly has concluded that the State Govemment Ethics Act
does not cover public entities that only have advisory authority. and the State Ethics Commission
has determined that the SHCC only has advisory authority; and
WHEREAS, it is nevertheless important that the SHCC exercise its advisory
responsibilities in a transparent manner so that the Governor and citizens will have full
knowledge of the professional and economic interests that the members of the SHCC have as the